This is a valid and important point. But we must constantly remind ourselves that users will not do things like run personal relays at home for ideological reasons. They’ll do it if it’s easy, cheap, and awesome as a consumer.

How about this as a bridge:

1. I set up something like relay.tools which is quick and easy

2. I set up a mirror relay at home on an umbrel or start9, as a backup to my relay in the cloud.

If my home relay goes out and I don’t notice for months or years (which has a high likelihood of happening), that’s ok bc the cloud relay is doing the actual work. If the cloud service rugs me or comes under the thumb of the state, that’s probably ok bc I probably have it all backed up at home, and maybe now I’ll be motivated to make sure my home relay stays connected.